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Here’s Loyal Reader Number Twelve deciding whether to close her eyes for the flash. We managed to beat her to the punch this time.

Long shrift today. Assuming my Loyal Readers are still interested, let’s have a look at last weekend before next weekend hits. Ummm . . . what did we do? After Friday’s burst of productivity, I’m struggling to remember.

Really. I can’t remember. Whatever it was, though, I’m sure it was fascinating. And very useful.

Not much happening today either. Loyal Reader Number Four is out on a visiting teaching marathon tonight, so she and Loyal Readers Numbers One and Two had dinner before I got home. They had some really good enchiladas. Fortunately, they left a few for me. Which I enjoyed.

Good news from this year’s MacWorld! They didn’t replace the Mac Mini with something way better! This is unprecedented, trust me. They did introduce a pretty cool notebook and some other cool things. Plus, the Evil Empire finally announced a new version of Office. I don’t know if I’ll upgrade. Probably, as soon as the $20 version comes available. That’s the deal we have at work – we can get Office for home under the company’s site license. They charge twenty bucks to send it to you. Not too shabby.

Speaking of Apple, I’ve heard from the Loyal Father. He just bought a MacBook and loves it. That’s a relief, since I basically talked him into buying it. Windows Vista finally pushed him over the edge, so he was ready to switch to something better.

And . . . ummm . . . I guess it’ll be short shrift after all. Don’t worry, Loyal Readers, something interesting will happen in the next few days, I’m sure. See you tomorrow.

Here’s another in my famous Head Sticking Out of Tree series. Possibly the last one. Time to shoot some more pictures.

Another short shrift night. My brother-in-law Ken came over (from Las Vegas) for dinner tonight and we used up all the blogging time. Sorry about that. Rest assured, Loyal Readers, that we had a nice time and it was definitely worth it.

Still trying to decide what to do automotively. I could get a used one-year-old four-door American car for about the price my three-year-old used Honda would cost. But is that what I want? And the Honda’s resale value will definitely stay higher than the Ford’s. Decisions.

The weekend’s exciting activities will have to wait one more day. See you tomorrow.

Here’s Loyal Reader Number Twelve avoiding the camera flash. Smart girl for such a young age.

I stayed home sick today. Spent most of the day just relaxing. I thought I was doing pretty well by this evening, but seem to have had something of a relapse. Sigh. I really need to go to work tomorrow, so I’ll be there unless I absolutely cannot get out of bed in the morning.

Looked at a couple of cars this afternoon. My Honda’s lease is ending in a few months and I can’t decide what I would like to have next. Nothing really appeals to me from any manufacturer at any price. And the things I can easily afford are the worst of all, of course. I’m seriously thinking of just buying the Honda and being done with it. I still like the car very much, and it’s been pretty trouble-free. I do need to have the shifter looked at in the near future, though.

That’s it for today. The weekend’s activities will have to wait until I feel better tomorrow. See you then.

Here’s the new computer in all its glory, fresh out of the box. What a beauty! I find the Apple Remote surprisingly useful in controlling Front Row, which I find surprisingly cool. I now have a pretty good-sized collection of those Apple stickers, but haven’t yet found a place to put any of them.

Okay day at work today. I got a few things done, but not the one I most needed to do. I started feeling sick on my way home and haven’t had a very comfortable evening, but that’s life sometimes.

We had a nice home evening tonight. Played a round of Perudo and had fun. At least I had fun – I won. Other Loyal Readers’ results may vary.

I want to go to bed early tonight, so I’ll quit. See you tomorrow, with full disclosure of the weekend’s exciting activities.

Here’s another in my famous Workbench series. This is the watchmaker’s bench in the clock shop at Greenfield Village.

Wonders of Blogger. Luckily, it appears I’ve managed to beat my old pal Anon to the punch. As mentioned earlier, it was my off Friday. I had plenty of opportunities to blog, but somehow never found the time. The later evening was pretty well occupied, at least. Loyal Reader Number One was over at Loyal Reader Number Twenty-four’s house and Loyal Reader Number Two was at his friend Luke’s house for the night. Loyal Reader Number Four and I watched the first half of Herbie: Fully Loaded on Disney (moderately amusing), spent half an hour or so in the jacuzzi, and then came back inside and watched the second half of the movie, along with the latest episode of Psych (amusing). Then off to bed.

Slept in a little this morning and have actually gotten a little work done. We got the garage door insulation project done (finally!) in the early afternoon, after which I cleaned the pool filters while the other Loyal Readers cleaned up Loyal Pet Number One’s pooping grounds. Mine was certainly the more pleasant job. We also got the pool brushed and its water tested (it’s fine, thanks for asking), backwashed the pond’s filter, and fed the fellas. I was supposed to go visit someone with the missionaries, but they called and canceled just as I was supposed to be leaving, so we got in the car and went over and cleaned the church. Or at least part of it. We were the “pink” team. It went quickly. Oh, I also lightly updated our ward mission plan just before we left to clean the church. I had to send it out to somebody in the stake to use in some training tomorrow night.

It was a warmish (high 50’s, which isn’t really bad for mid-January), sunny day today. Perfect for all the outdoor things we needed to get done. We’re not supposed to get any more rain for several days, which ought to give the yard a chance to dry out.

Now I have a little bit of writing to do (this, to be specific) and then I’ll get back to studying my CSS book. Whew!

Have a great weekend. See you on Monday.